Romania

AmeriCares has been providing aid to Romania since 1988.  Through targeted initiatives AmeriCares delivers medicines that treat two of the major health challenges facing Romanian children:  HIV/AIDS and hemophilia.  In order to treat those affected with these conditions, AmeriCares has relied on strong corporate support from Abbott Laboratories and Baxter International to reach patients dispersed throughout the country.  A collaborative venture between AmeriCares, Abbott and Baylor University's College of Medicine supplies life-saving medicines to a pediatric HIV/AIDS clinic in Constanta.  AmeriCares delivers medicines to treat hemophilia patients at two clinics, one in Bucharest and one in Timisoara, through a program supported by Baxter, Massachusetts-based Project SHARE and the World Hemophilia Federation. The donation of these specific drugs has been a huge contribution to the Romanian clinics because without these costly treatments it would be very difficult for physicians in Romania to provide adequate treatment to their patients.